The biggest problem is that the development cost for a solution 'a bit better' than a complex Excel spreadsheet is often stratospheric.
Many tech start-ups are 'replace this thing people do in Excel with a purpose built tool'
Many tech start-ups are 'replace this thing people do in Excel with a purpose built tool'
Access tried to be this a decade ago, until MS started to let it die. So now, your only option is basically Excel. There's a reason it's the main thing people gravitate into.
three decades ago :)